No delayed exit for clutter - March Flylady Thread 2019 for fledglings!

[ChicCroissant]

What would a combo of exit and clutter be, clexit? Exclutter? Perhaps we should just stick with declutter ....

Welcome to the March Flylady thread, we’d love to have you with us as we chat and work our way through our houses in March. Flylady uses the zone method of cleaning so we’ll be focusing on a different area of the house each week – we will post daily links to the Launch Pad on the Flylady website which gives all the details of the current Zone, daily missions and babysteps.

Newbies are always welcome so feel free to join in at any time. Flylady does recommend decluttering your house first, so if you are not ready for the cleaning routines yet it’s fine to focus on the decluttering bit – add the babysteps in if you wish.

RAn errands with dd1(and got a nice chat in)
Lunch
5loads washing complete,dry and put away.
towels in wash machine now
Wash up
Supervise some maths and English for D's
School run
Wipe living room floor
Supervise lil zoo English homework she forgot bring home Friday,due tomorrow

Help D's do bit re(Lenten booklet church gave him to ponder a bit each day)

Dinner on(veggie sausages in buns.carrot and cucumber sticks on side.yogurt and berries for pud)

Quick check on dd2 revision.shes singing away to lyrics I'd not let lil zoo near in a month if Sundays so shut door and left her to it writing out revision prompt cards.has science,Spanish and maths tests over next week.mocks are approaching rapidly and her stress levels are soaring she's constantly wanting eat junk food/anything.tryjng foist healthy stuff at her(apple slices and nut butter for snack) and gentle offers of run her a bubble bath/pedicure/doing face pack.often met snappy not got timeglad not got do being a teen again,seems much harder than in my day.pressure of education are stronger and desire to fit in and social media make it all rather tough!!

Toostressy when I had dd1 I was a shove it from freezer to oven cook most of the time.i got dairy cookbook and Delia's how to cook series and learned(mainly as dd1 allergies made buying cake/biscuits bloody hard back in the day)and discovered I actually am a born feeder.i love feeding people

I 'm with you there Zoo the whole teen thing is awful for them and (imhe anyway) the hardest bit of parenting to date. Sending you >solidarity>patience>fortitude across the channel.

[I've just deleted what I had originally written here as (a) not fair on DD who is a great gal notwithstanding current teen angst and (b) do not want those of you with younger DC to feel too horrified at the prospect of what lays in store (mwah, mwah, mwah, wevil cackle).

Work this morning and just back from doctor. Another appt tomorrow for echographie checking that op achieved what it set out to do, and that should be it for a while fingers crossed!

DH has business dinner tonight so dd and me going off piste in terms of the meal plan and will grab a quick ping supper. Back to healthy eating tomorrow once the on-line grocery delivery has arrived!

No Flying again today except for s&s, dw and laundry. Gah! Wing flaps to all!

Argh, what's a wevil cackle I wonder?

I hope it's not some kind of evil infestation SC

Little ones fed
Wash in drier
Washed up

Parenting parents is no fucking cake walk either SC shit has been lost here tonight. It is definitely true when they say as parents get older they revert to being teens!!!

Forewarned is forearmed and all that sc I know I've said this before but I used to argue loads with my mum when I was a horrible teen and we never, ever argue now. Both of us have calmed way down (blame it all on our hormones!). I actively seek out her company now , she's great to chat to, I appreciate her advice, she's wonderful with the kids who adore her, she will drop everything to help me out and vice versa. So there is hope! I'm going to try and remember to keep that in mind as my own dc get older...

But for now I'm in the terrible twos stage! (Not sure what the 5 year old stage will bring, so far she seems her usual self...) The dc have both been a tad emotional this evening though!

hills I can remember my mum saying something similar about my grandad (he lived with us from my teen years onwards, my poor parents )

Ok here's my Mad Monday ta das, I didn't quite get everything I wanted done but I couldn't have fitted anything else in since I only stopped for a cheese toastie...

School/ nursery run
Work
Daily routine - dishwasher, laundry, s&s bathroom, generally chucking things back in right places or thereabouts
Collected ds nursery
Lunch for me and ds
Some more work while ds watched some TV
Played hide and seek and built duplo with ds (for aaaaaggggeees only for him to declare that the Duplo whale had turned bad and smashed it all up )
Hoovered
Changed towels, bedding etc etc
Mopped
Emptied bins
Attempted some decluttering in bedroom (didn't get very far)
School run
Cooked dinner - chicken and chorizo pasta bake
Made ginger cupcakes
Tidied kitchen / living room after dinner
Hung up laundry
Put laundry away
Dc to bed
Tidied their supper things
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foxes your mum must've had nerves if steel and patience of a saint having elderly and teens to deal with in situ at once
HillsI wasn't close to my dad but my sister had a lot of shit to handle once dementia in full swing and he only remembered or wanted her to do everything(whilst working,and helping her care her grandchildren)

My dinners in oven,towels are dry,lil zoo heading into shower once bake off finished on home channel.its one nadiya won,it's odd watching it knowing the winner.i can judge her differently

About attempt prize dd2 away from studying,she's been holed up in room since 4pm

Tell me about it zoo ... looking back now I realise how much was actually going on at that time, no wonder they were stressed! But I was wrapped up on my own dramas (which weren't really dramas at all but that's teenagers isn't it!?)

In other less important news, I have decided I now like ginger cake , well these ones I like anyway! Dh is disappointed as he thought I wouldn't eat any of them. I'm working tomorrow morning so while everyone is out I may have to scoff some more.

Dear god i was an awful teen. You know that kid at school no ones parents want them to be friends with? That was me. I am quite proud of the facts a) i survived and b) i am now a responsible adult.

Hey all.

Very impressed with your lists today zoo and foxes

I hated being a teen. So much pressure to fit in yes. I was so glad to fly the nest and move away from the village is grew up just so I could feel to be away from friends of friends/family and find my own circle in life.

Been a manic Monday as per today.

Ta da

Showered
Daily Sprayed shower
Fed ds
Made beds
School run
Work
School run
Weekly grocery shop
Unpacked shopping
Made tea
Washed up
Rhubarb method kitchen tops
General tidy up

I'm can't see me moving far from this sofa and getting much else done in the way of chores.

My teenage years were terrible(MH)
Foxes ginger cake is the best.lil zoo loves it above all others
I've you should be proud of that,and that you will be more wily than the rest of us at spotting any dodgy behaviour and nip in bud(here's hoping that crazy teen behaviours not genetic)

Zoning out watching TV with dd2 now we have eaten.

Launch Pad link for Tuesday

I was an easy teen, or so my mum said although she was well known for putting a positive spin on most things

Bit of flying done today, still plenty to do though! DD had the sniffles this morning and it seems to have turned in to a full-blown cold tonight, hope she's OK tomorrow. Like me at the same age, she seems to get loads of colds!

Did do laundry today, there are shirts ironed for DD and DH for tomorrow, PE kit drying and I did the handwashing as well (no ironing today though). Managed a slight bit of vacuuming upstairs as well.

Aiming for an earlier night tonight, I can stay up for ages just reading or messing around on laptops/tablets. A grip must be got!

Sleep well fledglings, see you tomorrow!

I did lots of cooking this evening and then went swimming. Knackered!

Wide awake after D's woke me with nose bleed explosion
Stopped now,grateful for face he came down stressing earlier and we slept on sofas.wiping fake leather and laminate at 3am is preferable to try change his midi sleeper bedding!!

Morning all!

Some amazing lists were achieved yesterday, especially Zoo Foxes, Holly, Cag!

I've just been reading all the comments about everyone's teen years! All of you formerly rebellious people ; I know who I can approach for advice now!

What turned it all around for you I've if you don't mind me asking?

And I'm sure being the meat in the sandwich between elderly parents and a teen is challenging to put it mildly Hills .

I don't remember much about my teen years except trying to avoid my mother's wrath most of the time (youngest of four).

Looking back, I think she must have been experiencing extreme menopausal rage!

Your ma sounds so lovely Foxes!

Hope your ds is ok Zoo and your DD Chic!

Having moaned on here about adolescent angst - dh and I had been walking on eggshells all w/e - of course DD morphed into to an extremely helpful and considerate individual last night, who walked the dogs in dh's absence (and she has to do it separately as they pull so much a d I can't help at either), helped me with supper and emptied the dw without being asked! . So tensions diminished here for a bit thank heavens!

Gynae/ob appt today plus laundry and on-line grocery delivery.

Have a good one everybody!

That was meant to say, I can't help atm either (dog-walking) as they are quite strong, although hopefully I can take the puppy alone soon as all this resting is not good for the flab!

Hope ap goes well SC
I've had 20 minutes slow since last post,bringing total sleep for last night up to 3 hrs and 10 mins.who am I and wtf am I doing?
As always happens on busy days...

😵poor you zoo.

Morning everyone.

Meant to say some busy lists.😃

SC i was a nightmare til i fell pregnant with DC1 at 19. Before that i didnt give a shit about anything or anyone. He brought me down to earth with a massive bump. However i had friends at the same age who also fell pregnant and continued on the same chaotic path we had been on previously. Those friendships didnt last. I think partly because i had had quite an unsettled childhood (mum left when i was very small, in and out of my life as she saw fit, no real relationship there) the parenting right thing was important for me even as a 19 year old.

Anyway, yes i know ALL the tricks. NOTHING will get past me. Mwahahahahaha.

Gosh i’veGot, that must have been hard, not surprised you struggled as a teen

My parents feel I was a very difficult teen, but I don’t think their threshold was very high. They were quite strict and a bit out of step with most parents I think.

My to do list today is the same as yesterday’s because I didn’t do it!

Yes I've think your teen rebellion was justified in those circs. That sounds really tough. But hats off for turning it all around which must have been especially hard at 19!

I think my to do list is the same most days Pushme and usually involves the word dumping ground "boudoir" which you wouldn't think I worked on last week because it's messier now than when I started!

Zoo

Waves to Bower and everyone else!